By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Stakeholders’ Relations Directorate in Borno State on Sunday met at the Forshams Hall in Maiduguri, where they all resolved to rally round the candidature of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, and other candidates of the party to ensure they win in the forthcoming February 25th 2023 presidential and all National Assembly elections.
Leader of the Directorate, Alhaji Ahmed Ashemi, in his welcome address, said that the time has come to engage all stakeholders to go round the nooks and crannies of Borno to campaign and sensitize the electorate on the need to vote massively for all APC candidates, considering the relative peace that is restored under the President Muhammadu Buhari, with more dividends of democracy delivered to the people of Borno State.
He added that, apart from the great feat achieved in degrading remnants of terrorists in the North-East subregion by the present administration, Borno sons and daughters have been given top positions at the national level, in addition to the creation of the North-East Development Commission, NEDC, with its headquarters cited in Maiduguri, which has brought succour and relief to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs,who have mostly relocated to their liberated communities with dignity.
He therefore called upon the people of Borno State, irrespective of their political or religious differences, to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, and give 100 per cent votes to the APC.
He said, “I want to welcome all of you to this very important gathering. To say the the fact, the time has come to engage all our stakeholders to go round the nooks and crannies of Borno campaign and sensitize electorate on the need to vote massively for all APC candidates, considering the relative peace that is restored under the President Buhari with more dividends of democracy delivered to our people.
“Apart from the great feat achieved in degrading remnants of terrorists in the North-East subregion by the present administration of His Excellencies, President Buhari and Governor Babagana Zulum, Borno sons and daughters have been given top positions/appointments at the national level, in addition to the creation of the North-East Development Commission, NEDC, with its headquarters cited here in Maiduguri that have brought succour and relief to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, who have mostly relocated to their liberated communities with dignity.
“I therefore call upon the people of Borno State irrespective of our political or religious differences, to obtain our Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs and give 100 per cent votes to the APC in the forthcoming general elections.”
Borno State Governor Zulum, who was the Special Guest of Honour, represented by the state Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Abubakar Tijjani, appreciated the organizers of the programme and pledged to give maximum support to ensure that no opposition party gets more than five per cent votes to their presidential or any other candidates in the state.
He said that the people of Borno State have testified to the good achievements delivered by the Buhari APC-led government, and if another mandate is given to Asiwaju Tinubu, his running mate Senator Shettima and all APC candidates, by voting them from top to bottom, more dividends of democracy awaits Borno people.
In his keynote address, the sponsor of the event, former National Secretary of the APC and currently member Board of Trustees, BoT of the party, Architect Waziri Bulama, thanked all participants and urged them not to relent, but to put extra efforts and resources to ensure they vote APC candidates from top to bottom.
He revealed that the 2022 Electoral Act is very clear on issues related to electoral malpractice, even as he told the stakeholders to go from door to door in sensitizing people of Borno State on how to conduct free, fair, peaceful and credible election, by voting in Tinubu as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Kashim Shettima as his running mate.
